Ken Tremain was one of the many leading patent attorneys who gained their legal education at the George Washington University Law Center. He was a leading member of the corporate ...
Hon. Michelle K. Lee Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Dear Ms. Lee: Further to my letter of August 21, 2016, ...
People are saying that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case about 95 percent of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods/services. In ...
Hon. Michelle K. Lee Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office IP.Policy@uspto.gov Dear Ms. Lee: The current Rules of Practice in ...
The Board granted applicant's Rule 2.132 motion for involuntary dismissal in this opposition to registration of the mark SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPGROUND for "providing campground facilities." Opposer alleged that the mark ...
By my estimation, somewhere around 85% of all Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals that reach the TTAB are affirmed on appeal. Well, here are three appeals that were decided during ...
Attached is a PowerPoint presentation on how to draft a patent application in the new world of "First-to-File". WegnerCarolinaPPT2016 Regards, Hal
The Board affirmed this Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark RED LABEL for "chicken for sale to foodservice institutions," finding it likely to cause confusion with the identical mark ...
Five Patent Cases at the Supreme Court; Fed. Cir. En banc Review of Post Grant Amendments Procedures
The October 2016 Term of the Supreme Court that runs through June 2017 promises to be one of the busier years for the Court in patent cases. Three Cases up ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark shown below left, for "flavored bottle water, flavored enhanced water, flavored water, purified bottled drinking water, bottled artesian water, drinking water with vitamins, ...